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Update: More than recession: IDC's server virtualization tracker report: Update : The folks at IDC asked that I remove this blog post until further notice. That said, do check out Roger Johnson's post . He discusses Dell PowerEdge R910 and his Hyper-V deployment at Crutchfield. I met Roger at VMworld 2009. He's a VCP, having Read More...
Posted 27 October 09 05:24 by porourke | 0 Comments
Filed under Hyper-V, virtualization, ESX, VMWare, System Center, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, virtualization management, XenServer, Visual Studio, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Hyper-V Server
Virtualization: desktop to datacenter: It's been a while since I've posted a blog ... but that one really caused a stir in the Virt circles in the Bay Area. Hopefully it doesn't mean I can't hit up those people for Sharks tickets. I've stumbled across some interesting items that I wanted to share with you. Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2009 R2 is now available. The big thing is support for Windows 7. Read the blog here. Here's an excerpt: On the server side, the latest is from Gartner Symposium in Orlando. Gartner announced their top 10 strategic technologies for 2010. Not surprisingly, virtualization is named or underlying several of the strategic technologies. And speaking of, Gartner also shared data on server virtualization adoption today and forecasted through 2012. Read this article. Here's an excerpt: Along those lines, I had a great email exchange a couple weeks ago with Steve at PoundHost in Maidenhead, UK. I was giving a presentation at IP Expo / VM Expo conference in London, and wanted to highlight PoundHost's business results since switching to Hyper-V and System Center away from VMware tools, and since PoundHost has deployed the Dynamic Datacenter Tookit for hosters. PoundHost has a very compelling story of how technology can really help a business transform itself and create new opportunities. The Microsoft case study doesn't really do it justice. Here's some of what Steve shared with me: Read More...
Posted 20 October 09 10:54 by porourke | 3 Comments
Filed under Hyper-V, Disaster Recovery, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, ESX, VMWare, Microsoft Asset Inventory Service, Application Virtualization, Microsoft Application Virtualization, System Center, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, virtualization management, VDI, Management tools, VMM 2008, Cloud Computing, Live Migration, Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft’s new VDI licensing: VDI Suites: Hi, my name is Manlio Vecchiet, and I am a director of product management on the Windows Server marketing team. I'm in New Orleans right now attending the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) , and wanted to update you on new licenses we’ll offer Read More...
Posted 13 July 09 10:48 by porourke | 15 Comments
Filed under Hyper-V, Management, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, VMWare, Application Virtualization, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, virtualization management, Virtual Desktop Architecture, VDI, Citrix, Windows Server 2008, Live Migration, events
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization now available via MDOP: It's great to learn that MED-V is now available to customers with the new version of MS Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for customers with Software Assurance. See Ran's post here. Following are excerpts from Ran's post: MED-V provides deployment and management of virtual Windows desktops to enable key enterprise scenarios. MED-V 1.0 helps enterprises upgrade to the latest version of Windows even when some applications are not yet compatible. MED-V builds on top of Microsoft Virtual PC to run two operating systems on one device, adding virtual image delivery, policy-based provisioning and centralized management. A recent brief by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) emphasized some of the customer benefits of using MED-V: "We found that MED-V really solved our application compatibility problems. It allowed us to deploy the applications that we were having difficulty with, where third party vendors were not providing a supported version. Where we used to have hundreds of images, we were able to move to one [Windows] Vista image, and use MED-V to deploy [legacy] applications on top of that," said IT Deployment Manger at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, an organization of 22,000 staff members. "We are really happy with MED-V. We can virtualize the applications that are made only for XP, and they work fine, with all the functionality intact," said a large European telecommunications company with almost 80,000 employees. Read More...
Posted 02 April 09 05:36 by porourke | 3 Comments
Filed under Virtual PC, virtual machine, virtualization, SoftGrid, Application Virtualization, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Virtual Desktop Architecture, VDI
Application Virtualization and Streaming: I am Gavriella Schuster and I am responsible for the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) within the Windows team. This week I was fortunate enough to participate in a panel discussion at Interop with my peers at Symantec, Citrix, and VMWare discussing Read More...
Posted 30 April 08 09:15 by porourke | 0 Comments
Filed under SoftGrid, Swedish Medical Center, Microsoft Asset Inventory Service, Application Virtualization, State of Indiana, Microsoft Application Virtualization, System Center, BASF, Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Clarian Health Partners, Microsoft System Center Desktop Error Monitoring, Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset, Interop

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